Coronavirus

New Delhi: In a relief for patients, the Union Health Ministry on Saturday revised the national policy for admission of COVID-19 patients to various categories of COVID hospitals and medical facilities. According to the revised policy, the…

New Delhi: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted permission for the emergency use of therapeutic application of drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) as adjunct therapy (an alternative treatment to assist primary treatment) in…

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday declared a two-week total lockdown from May 10 amid a surge in COVID-19 cases. The order was issued a day after the state recorded its biggest day spike of over 26,000 new COVID infections.…

Bengaluru: The Narendra Modi government seems to be in no mood to declare a nationwide lockdown amid a disastrous second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. A growing number of states, however, are choosing that option. Following the decisions…

New Delhi: A valid identity card is mandatory to register for vaccination in India. Any document from among Aadhaar card, voter card, passport, driving licence, PAN card, NPR smart card and pension are accepted. But in a country with a…

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh police tracked a missing oxygen tanker from Odisha and ensured its delivery to a hospital on time on Friday. The Vijayawada-bound tanker carrying 18 tonnes of oxygen from Odisha had gone missing late on Thursday.…

New Delhi: The news of Chhota Rajan succumbing to COVID-19 on Friday afternoon had spread like wild fire and was reported in the media too. But Delhi’s AIIMS Hospital and Delhi Police confirmed that it was false news and the gangster is…

New Delhi: The Co-Win software through which registration and vaccination slot booking is taking place for the 18+ and 45+ age group will now have a security code. The Union Health Ministry has taken the step following data-entry…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with a Karnataka High Court that directed the Central government to increase the state’s daily quota of liquid medical oxygen from 965 MT to 1200 MT. Rejecting the Centre’s…

New Delhi: Gangster Chhota Rajan has died of COVID at AIIMS in New Delhi, NDTV reported. Rajendra Nikalje alias Chhota Rajan was admitted to AIIMS on April 26. He was lodged in the high-security Tihar prison in New Delhi following his…